Author calls for improved reading culture
By Emmanuel Onoja Law Ikay Ezeh, one of the authors shortlisted for the the 2021 $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature (NPL) has said reading culture in Nigeria is quite poor despite the fact that there are good writers in the country. The author of Your Church, My Shrine, said corporate organisations could help reverse […]
A cut too deep to heal (for Pius Adesanmi)
By Olayinka Oyegbile (Wreaths for a Wayfarer: An anthology of poems in honour of Pius Adesanmi (1972-2019), 2020) It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone – John Steinbeck It was a Sunday. March 10, 2019. A Sunday like no other; a […]
PDP Reps Caucus Asks Secondus To Resign
A caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) at the House of Representatives have its party’s National Chairman, Uche Secondus to “honorably” resign from his position. The PDP House caucus in a resolution reached after an online meeting on Saturday said the Chairman was too lax and running a bedroom managerial attitude which has led to […]
Nigeria Records 471 New Case of Coronavirus
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) has announced 471 fresh cases of coronavirus as resident doctors continue their strike across the country over unpaid benefits. According to the agency its latest update, the new cases were recorded from 13 states of the federation. Lagos topped the list with 219, cases and was followed by Akwa […]
Second Phase Of Vaccination To Begin August 16 – FG
Th federal government says the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination programme will commence on August 16. The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) Executive Director, Dr Faisal Shuaib has said. The Federal Government had earlier announced that the second phase of the vaccination will gein on Tuesday but it was postponed due to […]
No, IBB, power rotation is democratic
Ahead of his 80th birthday, Gen Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, who ruled Nigeria as a self-styled military president from 1985 to 1993, spoke at length with ARISE TV in an interview aired on Friday. Answering a number of politically sensitive questions, IBB took a position on the thorny issue of what region should produce the next […]
My Reconciliation With 2baba Not Fake- Blackface
the recent public reconciliation between Augustine Ahmedu, popularly known as Blackface, and his former friend and collaborator, Innocent Idibia, aka 2baba, some fans have opined that the reconciliation was too spontaneous to be genuine. The duo, together with Faze, were members of the defunct music group, Plantashun Boiz, before they went their separate ways. Their feud began […]
Islamic New Year: Sultan asks Muslims to look out for new moon on Sunday
Sa’ad Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto, has asked Muslims to watch out for the new moon — signalling the beginning of new Islamic year of Muharram 1443 AH — on Sunday. Muharram is the first month in the Islamic calendar and one of the four sacred months mentioned in the Quran. In the month of Muharram, […]
A CONVERSATION WITH HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, OBA (Dr.) V.A. KILADEJO, PART 4
Oba Dr. Victor Adesimbo Kiladejo: Kings in History and Modern Democracy By Toyin Falola During the recent Toyin Falola Interviews, His Imperial Majesty, the Osemawe of Ondo, Oba Dr. Victor Adesimbo Kiladejo, mentioned that maybe Nigeria should turn its attention again to the place of African kings in a Republic and modern democracy. The prominent […]
A CONVERSATION WITH DR. BISI ADELEYE-FAYEMI, PART 4
Dr. Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi: Breaking the Chains of Patriarchy Through Feminism By Toyin Falola The patriarchal paradigm of the society marginalizes and even dehumanizes women, particularly in Africa. Culture, religion, and tradition all have a role in this. Society continues to place women under men. In places where equality cannot be achieved, women have […]
